We will need a good special teams, especially punt coverage!!!

makes a lot more sense when you look at it from a special teams perspective. I only hope these young guys work out the way you’re talking about!

Look, I don’t have a problem with these guys, but how do they know these guys are good special teamers. Do you think they evaluated them at their core positions? Or do you think they actually scouted their performance specifically on the special teams. I think they draft for depth and then HOPE they can play special teams. I don’t think they know that these guys are any better at STs than any other guys they could have picked up.

Just out of curiousity, does anyone have a ST depth chart? We’ve all seen the depth charts for Offense and Defense, but I’ve never seen one for STs. I’d love to see one from last year, as well as a projected one for this year..

however, S.T. doesnt win championships. Having a number one or two unit isnt what will bring you to the playoffs. Offense and Defense do. Defense has been addressed this off season so much that I want to puke. Offense, not so much. But I do feel that the offense has tremendous upside.

Lynch is outstanding and him alone could be the “saftey net” reciever that everyone, including myself, was preeching for us to get this offseason. The running game is probably going to be top 8 in my eyes as long as Fast Freddie continues what we saw last year. The O-line is servicable. Upgrades at center and back up need to seriously be addressed next year. Trent is going to have his sophmore jitters and his minor injuries, but remember, this kid came from a school that was terrible because he had no line. Everything you look for in a QB is there, time to show it with a good line. The only knock on Trent is if he can withstand cold wheather. The big time reciever is there, with two very good slot guys in Josh Reed and Roscoe. Evans needs to step it up big time in my eyes. And last but not least, TE. The TE position has a lot of upside. Teyo is and was an outstanding prospect coming out of school and he just needs to capitalize on this opportunity. Anderson isgonna do what he does, Royal is a very dependable blocker/sneek play red zone threat.

The potential to be a top 10 offense is there. Very under the radar offense that could prove a lot of people wrong.

I couldn’t have said it any better. Off. and Def should always trump ST. We need to get better in those areas before we start using draft picks on ST needs.

No doubt very important. Always has been for the Bills. However, it appears to me that we spent our last 7 picks for special teams. OK, mabye not all 7, but. Why didn’t we keep any of those special teamers we let go? If you can hold several roster spots for ST’s, were they all so bad we had to let them all walk? Do we have a salary cap problem? What does OBD expect of their ST’s? I thought Haggan, Stamer and mabye Wire were very good ST’s (special teamers). Yet we let them all walk. Why?
I am still trying to understand this draft. The first three picks were great. Never in my wildest dreams did I think McKelvin would fall to11. Almost all mocks and pundits had him going top ten. A great stroke of luck for us. And Hardy? He was my sleeper WR after Kelly loped another 40. Very durable too. He will be super. Ellis was the best DE left. A good pick. But then? I would hazard a guess that OBD did not try to trade after the third.
So, we still need an every doown TE who can block and catch. The Bills just don’t get it with this position. Salary cap considerations? I think it is the very conservative offensive scheme they have. I HATE it!! If they don’t open it up this year, we may very well go 8-8. If they allow a game plan that takes advantage of our talent, we should definitely make the playoffs. I’m hoping that Hardy catches at least one TD pass in at least 18 games! So There! I will also hazard a guess that Thomas was #1 and Hardy #2 on their board. It did not shock me at all that Jordy went so high.
Viti is a good addition and should start immediately when they use FB. Crush em Mike.
But I still am unhappy with Fowler. Hard to see why OBD is OK with him. One bruised apple in the barrel….
So, I think we devoted too many picks to ST’s. If we are ok salary cap wise, why not make at least one play for a good TE? They only targeted two, and Bennett was not one of them. BOO. Just relax the game plan and let our guys play to their potential. It’s all up to Jauron, Schonert and co. Turn those horses loose. Please.

OK maybe I’m just stating the obvious here, but the way I look at it, special teams ability is one factor among others in evaluating talent, so in the same way players are devalued based on positional need, ST ability will factored into how a player is valued or devalued as well. And as other factors like positional need become less important in the later rounds of the draft, it’s common sense that the ST factor would become more prominent in deciding picks in the later rounds. I can see how this could give the appearance that the Bills are only drafting for special teams but I don’t think that is the case; it’s just more weighted in that direction.

And the Bills are clearly among the best in special teams and IMO are in a much better position to evaluate players in this regard than most teams and certainly better than the so-called experts. So this might also explain why the Bills draft boards start to deviate from these “expert” draft-gurus in the latter rounds who always seem to be complaining about the Bills reaching.

know you need good players to to play on special teams and any NFL team should have those in surplus so what is the differance in Buffalo is it the way we draft or is it the coaching that they get when they get here? I think it’s the latter Bobby april has in the entire time he’s been here has turned out top Special Teams so I don’t expect that to change, we do spend more time on it than other teams—-Bobby is the differance!